#78DEE5#78DEE5

#78DEE5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.096 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DEE5
RGB	rgb(120, 222, 229)
HSL	hsl(184, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(184, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 3.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.85, -27.91, -12.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.85, 30.64, 204.38°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% -0.0892 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.096 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.0043, 61.8887, 83.5296)
Luminance	0.6189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DEE5 #E57F78

analogous

#78E5B5 #78DEE5 #78A7E5

triadic

#78DEE5 #E578DE #DEE578

tetradic

#78DEE5 #B578E5 #E57F78 #A7E578

square

#78DEE5 #B578E5 #E57F78 #A7E578

split-complementary

#78DEE5 #E578A7 #E5B578

monochromatic

#25B4BE #45D1DB #78DEE5 #ABEBEF #DFF7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#78DEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#78DEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DEE5

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DEE5	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D6E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38E5E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 222, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.096 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e8ed',
    500: '#78dee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dee5;
$custom-light: #a6e8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.853,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84159,
    "c": 0.09581,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DEE5

secondary

#BD4C45

accent

#2216D0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DEE5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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